When will PS3 overtake 360 in sales?

[Michael-5]

Max King of the Wild said:

Michael-5 said:

sales2099 said:

Cute. Gen over gen Xbox improved and PS declined. I think the trend will only widen next gen.

I dunno about that. I'll agree that the NExtbox will likely do better then 360 in Japan, much like 360 did better then XB1, but in WW regions anything can happen.

Sony really tried to push Blu-Ray with the PS3 and it really hurt them, next gen Sony isn't pushing anything. Then again, one could argue because there is no new media type in the PS4, then maybe this will hurt sales. After all many of my early adopter PS3 and to an extent PS2 friends bought the system for Blu-Ray/DVD.

The 360 did better because of Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, Last Remenant and a few other titles. Why the fuck would the next box get the same level of support from the Japanese next time around with the pathetic returns it provided them. On top of the that the next box will have immediate competition which I believe will snuff it out pretty fast

Mistwalker is a small company and relies on strong publishing funds just to release the game. Without MS games like Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey would never have been created, same idea with The Last Story on Wii and Bayonetta 2 on Wii U.

As for the Namco and SE exclusives on 360, it's likely MS will pay for some exclusivity next gen too.

Also it's not like XB1 was void of JRPG's. Panzer Dragoon Orta (Shooter), Otogi, and Jade Empire were amazing Japanese games exclusives.

Even then, Japan is a small niche market, and I don't think any NextBox sales will be strong there. What I'm suggesting is the Nextbox might sell 2.5 million lifetime in Japan instead of 1.5 million like 360 did and 0.5 million like XB1 did.